Children's Explanations of Aggressive Incidents at School Within an Attribution Framework.

Background:   Previous research suggests children use different types of attribution to explain bullying. The research, however, has not explored links between children's attributions.

Method:   This study explores the types of, and links between, attributions made by children about bullying situations.

WAIS III UK: an extension of the UK comparability study.

Objectives: To correct and augment the sample on which a previous study, assessing the applicability of USA WAIS III norms to the UK population, was based. To repeat this study using the modified sample.

Design: The WAIS III UK was administered to a supplementary sample, which was used to enhance and correct the original sample, allowing a better match to UK population demographics.

The dilemmas of residential care staff working with the challenging behaviour of people with learning disabilities.

Objectives: To investigate residential care staff beliefs and feelings about the challenging behaviour of adults with learning disabilities in their care, and how they perceive these beliefs and feelings to have developed over time.

Design: A qualitative study using thematic analysis.

Methods: A group of 18 staff from 10 different residential services participated in indepth semi-structured interviews.

Developing services for people with dangerous and severe personality disorders.

This paper describes the conflicting attitudes that exist within wider society and the people who deliver services for people with dangerous and severe personality disorder. The importance of recognizing the nature of these conflicting attitudes that are based on the desire for ' punishment', ' keeping society safe' and ' treatment and care' is discussed. Potential ways of resolving these conflicts at an organizational and practice level are explored.